Trending Scientists in Japan — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed scientists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Takeharu Yamanaka. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
816,923
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Takeharu Yamanaka
Japanese statistician and mayor of Yokohama
46,577
views
views
2
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
42,264
views
views
3
Nobuko Nakano
Japanese scientist
32,505
views
views
4
Sanae Takaichi
Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
28,140
views
views
5
J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
21,230
views
views
6
Shūmei Ōkawa
Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)
20,645
views
views
7
Yūko Fujigaki
Japanese sociologist(1962-)
18,792
views
views
8
Ayumu Nakajima
Japanese actor
18,442
views
views
9
Kensō Soai
Japanese organic chemist (1950– )
17,527
views
views
10
Shigeru Miyamoto
Japanese video game designer (born 1952)
16,335
views
views
11
Yukihide Takekawa
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
15,021
views
views
12
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
14,955
views
views
13
Hidekazu Kobayashi
Japanese baseball player and university teacher
14,581
views
views
14
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
13,855
views
views
15
Ryōhei Abe
Japanese idol, weather forecaster, SnowMan member
12,949
views
views
16
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
11,996
views
views
17
Emmanuel Macron
President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
11,875
views
views
18
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist (1877–1970)
10,785
views
views
19
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese composer, musician, social activist, and former student activist (1952–2023)
10,223
views
views
20
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
9,797
views
views
21
Kazuo Zaitsu
Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, music producer, radio personality, actor (1948-)
9,054
views
views
22
Rasmus Lerdorf
Danish programmer and creator of PHP
8,732
views
views
23
Kaho Miyake
Japanese book reviewer
8,565
views
views
24
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
8,361
views
views
25
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese novelist
7,656
views
views
26
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
7,552
views
views
27
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japanese actress
7,488
views
views
28
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)
7,407
views
views
29
Yasushi Okada
Japanese biologist
7,290
views
views
30
Riken Yamamoto
Japanese architect (1945-)
7,208
views
views
31
Tomoko Akane
Japanese jurist and judge (1956–)
7,150
views
views
32
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835)
7,125
views
views
33
Shōkō Asahara
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
6,686
views
views
34
Haruko Obokata
Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)
6,676
views
views
35
Naoki Inose
Japanese writer and politician
6,555
views
views
36
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
6,434
views
views
37
Katsu Kaishū
Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
6,431
views
views
38
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
6,362
views
views
39
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
6,334
views
views
40
Yoichi Ochiai
Japanese academic and media artist
6,242
views
views
41
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
6,199
views
views
42
Diana, Princess of Wales
member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
6,014
views
views
43
Yoshida Shōin
Japanese politician (1830-1859)
5,998
views
views
44
Michifumi Isoda
Japanese historian
5,904
views
views
45
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
5,717
views
views
46
Kanji Ishiwara
general in the Imperial Japanese Army (1889-1949)
5,713
views
views
47
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
5,615
views
views
48
Puyi
Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)
5,605
views
views
49
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
5,593
views
views
50
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
5,510
views
views
51
Yusaku Maezawa
Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur
5,498
views
views
52
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
5,493
views
views
53
Iruka
Japanese singer-songwriter and picture book writer (1950-)
5,448
views
views
54
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
5,408
views
views
55
Benito Mussolini
dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
5,345
views
views
56
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
5,294
views
views
57
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
5,282
views
views
58
Nakahama Manjirō
English interpreter
5,265
views
views
59
Kenji Nakagami
Japanese writer (1946–1992)
5,231
views
views
60
Lafcadio Hearn
Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
5,151
views
views
61
Mao Zedong
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
5,054
views
views
62
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
5,002
views
views
63
Heisuke Hironaka
Japanese mathematician
4,964
views
views
64
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
4,962
views
views
65
Shibusawa Eiichi
Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
4,878
views
views
66
Inō Tadataka
Japanese surveyor and cartographer (1745-1818)
4,864
views
views
67
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
4,850
views
views
68
Hideki Yukawa
Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)
4,790
views
views
69
Takakazu Seki
Japanese mathematician
4,785
views
views
70
Edogawa Ranpo
Japanese writer (1894–1965)
4,712
views
views
71
Naoyuki Akaso
Japanese linguist and educator
4,709
views
views
72
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
4,696
views
views
73
Mako Komuro
Japanese princess; eldest child of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan
4,595
views
views
74
Kohei Saito
Japanese philosopher, Marxist (1987-)
4,500
views
views
75
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
4,476
views
views
76
Yōichi Takahashi
Japanese economist
4,443
views
views
77
John Lennon
British musician (1940–1980)
4,394
views
views
78
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
4,377
views
views
79
Makiko Nakamuro
Japanese economist (1975-)
4,214
views
views
80
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
4,211
views
views
81
Hiroo Onoda
Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer (1922-2014)
4,197
views
views
82
San'yūtei Enraku VI
Japanese rakugoka (1950-2022)
4,175
views
views
83
Ayako Moriya
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Norihito, Prince Takamado, and Hisako, Princess Takamado
4,086
views
views
84
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
4,052
views
views
85
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
4,049
views
views
86
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
4,041
views
views
87
Tomu Mutō
Japanese female talent, weather forecaster
4,019
views
views
88
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
3,982
views
views
89
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
3,981
views
views
90
Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
3,913
views
views
91
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929)
3,902
views
views
92
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
3,900
views
views
93
Robert Schumann
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
3,892
views
views
94
Arisa Yamaguchi
physician in Japan
3,872
views
views
95
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)
3,807
views
views
96
Yoshiki Sawa
researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1375-1455)
3,726
views
views
97
Josef Mengele
Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
3,710
views
views
98
Yoshihiro Katayama
Japanese politician
3,692
views
views
99
Koichi Tanaka
Japanese chemist
3,690
views
views
100
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
3,676
views
views